Art as expression – NOT as market campaigns, will still capture our Imaginations
In the earthly life of our Lord, the wonder of Bethlehem and the angelic announcement of a Saviour born culminated in the far more wonderful event of Jesus’ death and resurrection for the salvation of mankind. The best wine came last.
The new commandment, on the other hand, is based on a new principle, measured by a higher standard than love of self.
This is based on Christ’s love, which was self-abandoning and self-sacrificing love.
When man rejects miracles, he rejects God. The real essence of miracle, then, is the acknowledgment that God is at work.
It must be confessed that perhaps there are those who have thus been immersed without being saved; but nobody was ever saved without being immersed. Beyond all doubt Paul considered that, practically, to become a part of Christ implies membership in the church of Christ.
The promise, it will be remembered (Genesis 12:1ff), envisioned a great posterity for Abraham; but many years passed during which he had no son. Passing over the incident involving Hagar, Abraham waited patiently for that which, according to all human reckoning, was impossible.
Christ came not to destroy but to fulfill the Law (Matthew 5:17), and yet, “He took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross” (Colossians 2:14).
The laying of this precious cornerstone in Zion for a foundation signifies that the Christian church, the new temple of God, was to begin in Jerusalem.
